Waldorf Wave (was Re: [sdiy] Cheapest, simplest but still reliable VCO & VCA for polyphonic project)

[Rainer Buchty]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Tom Wiltshire wrote:

> Each slave board has a 68000 running at only 16MHz, but each slave 
> board has 16 voices. I don't know how many envelopes and LFOs and 
> whatever else the Wave has, but multiply by sixteen and that's not 
> enough processor.

Hm, the ESQ1/SQ80 employed an 6809E at 2MHz for 8 voices, where each 
voice featured 3 oscillators w/ 2 modulators each, 3 DCAs (again, 2 
modulators), the filter (2 modulators) and final VCA and panning (1 
modulator each). Modulators were 4 EGs and 3 LFOs plus keyboard 
position, velocity, pedal, and slider.

And there, the 6809E had also to do sequencer and UI.

So, again: what's the 68k doing there? :)

Rainer